1986–87 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1986–87 season
Manager	Vic Halom; Eddie Gray
League Division Four	21st
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lyndon Simmonds; All: Lyndon Simmonds; John Bramhall
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 season saw Rochdale compete in their 13th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup		A.M. Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	David Redfern	33	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Ian Johnson	47	3	34+0	1	2+0	1	4+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	1
	DF	ENG	David Grant	54	1	42+0	1	2+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Simon Gibson	11	0	3+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	John Bramhall	59	10	46+0	9	2+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	1	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Keith Hicks	4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	FW	ENG	Neil Mills	17	2	4+6	0	2+0	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Taylor	16	7	9+0	5	0+0	0	4+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Conning	51	3	40+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	1	2+2	1	2+1	0
	MF	ENG	Shaun Reid	53	1	38+3	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	John Seasman	32	1	24+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0	2+1	0
	DF	ENG	Carl Hudson	20	2	13+2	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Ray McHale	12	0	6+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	FW	ENG	Mick Wood	11	3	5+1	3	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
	DF	ENG	Jason Smart	49	1	38+0	1	2+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Shearer	2	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Alan Young	32	3	19+9	2	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Robbie Wakenshaw	37	9	28+1	5	2+0	2	2+0	0	4+0	2	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Rees	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Winston White	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paddy McGeeney	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Simon Holden	26	2	20+4	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Brian Stanton	20	3	17+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Derek Parlane	26	7	23+0	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Keith Welch	26	0	24+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	John Hudson	19	1	18+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	WAL	Lyndon Simmonds	22	10	22+0	10	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mark Hunt	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	David Fairclough	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1

Final League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts
19	Stockport County	46	9	6	8	25	27	4	6	13	15	42	−29	51
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	6	10	7	32	37	5	7	11	22	35	−18	50
21	Rochdale	46	8	8	7	31	30	3	9	11	23	43	−19	50
22	Burnley	46	9	7	7	31	35	3	6	14	22	39	−21	49
23	Torquay United	46	8	8	7	28	29	2	10	11	28	43	−16	48

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

23 August 1986 (1986 -08-23) 1	Rochdale	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Young 55'	Report	Sutton 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2004 Referee: JL Watson

30 August 1986 (1986 -08-30) 2	Cardiff City	0–0	Rochdale	Cardiff
		Report		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3546 Referee: NS Butler

6 September 1986 (1986 -09-06) 3	Rochdale	1–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	Taylor 32'	Report	Benjamin 22' Chard 67'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1606 Referee: PL Wright

12 September 1986 (1986 -09-12) 4	Stockport County	1–1	Rochdale	Stockport
	McAdam 29'	Report	Taylor 75'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2192 Referee: MP Scott

16 September 1986 (1986 -09-16) 5	Orient	3–0	Rochdale	London
	Cornwell 46' (pen.) Castle 49' Jones 79'	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2100 Referee: B Hill

20 September 1986 (1986 -09-20) 6	Rochdale	1–0	Colchester United	Rochdale
	Taylor 60'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1276 Referee: RA Hart

26 September 1986 (1986 -09-26) 7	Southend United	5–3	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
	Neal 15', 44' Cadette 22' Hall 58' Gymer 60'	Report	Reid 16' Seasman 33' Taylor 85'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2225 Referee: DR Elleray

4 October 1986 (1986 -10-04) 8	Rochdale	0–0	Exeter City	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1307 Referee: MJ Heath

11 October 1986 (1986 -10-11) 9	Peterborough United	1–1	Rochdale	Peterborough
	Gunn 61' (pen.) 80'	Report	Taylor 41' (pen.) Young 66' Wakenshaw 80'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2289 Referee: KA Miller

18 October 1986 (1986 -10-18) 10	Lincoln City	1–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Grant 13' (o.g.)	Report	C.B. Hudson 58'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1357 Referee: P Don

21 October 1986 (1986 -10-21) 11	Rochdale	2–0	Hereford United	Rochdale
	Young 35' Wakenshaw 88'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1088 Referee: J Lovatt

1 November 1986 (1986 -11-01) 12	Swansea City	1–0	Rochdale	Swansea
	Simmonds 82'	Report		Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 5612 Referee: A Seville

4 November 1986 (1986 -11-04) 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Rochdale	Wolverhampton
		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 3949 Referee: RG Milford

8 November 1986 (1986 -11-08) 14	Rochdale	0–2	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
		Report	Honour 84' Dixon 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1467 Referee: JW Lloyd

22 November 1986 (1986 -11-22) 15	Aldershot	2–1	Rochdale	Aldershot
	Langley 33' Foyle 35'	Report	Wakenshaw 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1921 Referee: DJ Axcell

29 November 1986 (1986 -11-29) 16	Rochdale	3–3	Torquay United	Rochdale
	Grant 76' Bramhall 83', 89'	Report	Nardiello 42' Pyle 62' Walsh 64'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1251 Referee: H Taylor

13 December 1986 (1986 -12-13) 17	Rochdale	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Wood 16'	Report	Lister 84'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1244 Referee: F Roberts

20 December 1986 (1986 -12-20) 18	Cambridge United	3–0	Rochdale	Cambridge
	Cooper 11', 52', 76'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1838 Referee: AW Ward

26 December 1986 (1986 -12-26) 19	Rochdale	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Moore	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1452 Referee: JM Key

27 December 1986 (1986 -12-27) 20	Halifax Town	3–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Brown 62' Matthews 73' Black 87'	Report	Wood 24'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1667 Referee: CC Trussell

1 January 1987 (1987 -01-01) 21	Burnley	0–3	Rochdale	Burnley
		Report	Stanton 37' Parlane 49' Wood 67'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 4217 Referee: N Midgley

24 January 1987 (1987 -01-24) 22	Northampton Town	5–0	Rochdale	Northampton
	McMenemy 16', 37' Chard 52' McGoldrick 55' Hill 65'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5484 Referee: J Lovatt

7 February 1987 (1987 -02-07) 23	Rochdale	0–0	Orient	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1419 Referee: J Ashworth

13 February 1987 (1987 -02-13) 24	Colchester United	2–0	Rochdale	Colchester
	English 13' Wilkins 82'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2020 Referee: B Hill

21 February 1987 (1987 -02-21) 25	Rochdale	1–2	Southend United	Rochdale
	Bramhall 89'	Report	Cadette 25', 55'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1262 Referee: TJ Holbrook

24 February 1987 (1987 -02-24) 26	Rochdale	3–1	Aldershot	Rochdale
	C.J. Hudson 11' Smart 77' Stanton 87'	Report	Burvill 70'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1092 Referee: D Shaw

28 February 1987 (1987 -02-28) 27	Wrexham	2–2	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Massey 7' Comstive 60'	Report	Stanton 2' Bramhall 40'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 1901 Referee: MJ Heath

10 March 1987 (1987 -03-10) 28	Rochdale	0–0	Cardiff City	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1386 Referee: CN Seel

14 March 1987 (1987 -03-14) 29	Rochdale	1–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Parlane 71'	Report	Kilmore 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1490 Referee: KA Lupton

18 March 1987 (1987 -03-18) 30	Hereford United	0–1	Rochdale	Hereford
		Report	Parlane 81'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1890 Referee: KA Miller

21 March 1987 (1987 -03-21) 31	Rochdale	3–2	Peterborough United	Rochdale
	Simmonds 45', 83' Bramhall 63'	Report	Gregory 74', 79'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2170 Referee: T Mills

25 March 1987 (1987 -03-25) 32	Rochdale	3–3	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Simmonds 48' Parlane 51', 60'	Report	Conroy 41' Steel 74' Cooke 83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1852 Referee: MP Scott

28 March 1987 (1987 -03-28) 33	Exeter City	1–1	Rochdale	Exeter
	Kellow 79' (pen.)	Report	Simmonds 28'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1977 Referee: JE Martin

31 March 1987 (1987 -03-31) 34	Crewe Alexandra	5–1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Cutler 18' Platt 24', 72', 83' Thomas 59'	Report	Holden 38'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1504 Referee: DT Phillips

4 April 1987 (1987 -04-04) 35	Hartlepool United	1–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Shoulder 64' (pen.)	Report	Bramhall 56'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1168 Referee: CC Trussell

7 April 1987 (1987 -04-07) 36	Rochdale	0–2	Preston North End	Rochdale
		Report	Brazil 54' Zelem 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4986 Referee: GM Tyson

11 April 1987 (1987 -04-11) 37	Rochdale	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale
		Report	Dennison 50' Purdie 68' Kelly 74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3812 Referee: JW Lloyd

14 April 1987 (1987 -04-14) 38	Preston North End	2–4	Rochdale	Preston
	Brazil 46' Thomas 75'	Report	Johnson 33' Simmonds 52' Wakenshaw 70', 77'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10212 Referee: KA Redfern

18 April 1987 (1987 -04-18) 39	Rochdale	0–2	Burnley	Rochdale
		Report	Devaney 15' Gallagher 55'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5739 Referee: Art. Robinson

20 April 1987 (1987 -04-20) 40	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Moore 6'	Report	Simmonds 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2168 Referee: PL Wright

25 April 1987 (1987 -04-25) 41	Rochdale	2–0	Cambridge United	Rochdale
	Simmonds 62' (pen.) Parlane 64'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1698 Referee: KA Lupton

29 April 1987 (1987 -04-29) 42	Rochdale	2–0	Swansea City	Rochdale
	Conning 10' Simmonds 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2052 Referee: GR Ashby

2 May 1987 (1987 -05-02) 43	Torquay United	2–1	Rochdale	Torquay
	McNichol 41' Dobson 78'	Report	Bramhall 64'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3020 Referee: BT Stevens

4 May 1987 (1987 -05-04) 44	Rochdale	5–3	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Simmonds 5' (pen.) Bramhall 50', 68' Wakenshaw 78' Holden 81'	Report	Black 35' Seasman 47' (o.g.) Brown 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2990 Referee: PW Vanes

6 May 1987 (1987 -05-06) 45	Rochdale	2–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Parlane 56' Simmonds 59'	Report	Hodkinson 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4840 Referee: R Bridges

9 May 1987 (1987 -05-09) 46	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Lister 28' Flounders 48'	Report		Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 2347 Referee: H Taylor

F.A. Cup

15 November 1986 (1986 -11-15) 1	Nuneaton Borough	0–3	Rochdale	Nuneaton
		Report	Wakenshaw 15' Mills 38' Johnson 52'	Stadium: Manor Park Attendance: 3586 Referee: D Hutchinson

6 December 1986 (1986 -12-06) 2	Rochdale	1–4	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Wakenshaw 30'	Report	Steel 16' Massey 49', 70' Horne 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2822 Referee: JM Key

League Cup (Littlewoods Challenge Cup)

26 August 1986 (1986 -08-26) 1	Rochdale	1–1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Taylor 75'	Report	James 12'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1937 Referee: RF Nixon

2 September 1986 (1986 -09-02) 1	Burnley	1–3 (2–4 agg.)	Rochdale	Burnley
	James 70' (pen.)	Report	Shearer 31', 75' Mills 51'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 2605 Referee: R Bridges

23 September 1986 (1986 -09-23) 2	Watford	1–1	Rochdale	Watford
	Rostron 14'	Report	Conning 2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 9670 Referee: JA Moules

7 October 1986 (1986 -10-07) 2	Rochdale	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Watford	Rochdale
	Taylor 58' (pen.)	Report	Barnes 28' Jackett 61'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5449 Referee: KA Redfern

Associate Members' Cup (Freight Rover Trophy)

2 December 1986 (1986 -12-02) PR	Darlington	2–2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Moore 4' Currie 84' (pen.)	Report	Conning 7' C.B. Hudson 39'	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 766 Referee: T Mills

6 January 1987 (1987 -01-06) PR	Rochdale	1–1	York City	Rochdale
	Wakenshaw 61'	Report	Canham 86'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 783 Referee: JA Ireland

27 January 1987 (1987 -01-27) 1	Rochdale	3–0	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Bramhall 13' Young 15' Wakenshaw 84'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 890 Referee: JW Lloyd

10 February 1987 (1987 -02-10) QF	Rochdale	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Middlesbrough	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2615 Referee: NJ Ashley

Lancashire Cup

9 August 1986 (1986 -08-09)	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Fairclough	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 1577

12 August 1986 (1986 -08-12)	Rochdale	1–2	Bury	Rochdale
	Johnson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1722

16 August 1986 (1986 -08-16)	Blackpool	0–0	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1175

^[1] ^[2]

References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[1] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[2] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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1986–87 season
Manager	Vic Halom Eddie Gray
League Division Four	21st
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lyndon Simmonds All: Lyndon Simmonds John Bramhall
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

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1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
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1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

1986–87 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Statistics

Final League Table

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

F.A. Cup

League Cup (Littlewoods Challenge Cup)

Associate Members' Cup (Freight Rover Trophy)

Lancashire Cup

References

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